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Title | Reverse hierarchical DED assembly in the cFLIP-procaspase-8 and cFLIP-procaspase-8-FADD complexes. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 15, Issue 1, Page 8974, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Oct 17, 2024 |
Authors | Chao-Yu Yang / Yi-Chun Tseng / Yi-Fan Tu / Bai-Jiun Kuo / Li-Chung Hsu / Chia-I Lien / You-Sheng Lin / Yin-Ting Wang / Yen-Chen Lu / Tsung-Wei Su / Yu-Chih Lo / Su-Chang Lin / |
PubMed Abstract | cFLIP, a master anti-apoptotic regulator, targets the FADD-induced DED complexes of procaspase-8 in death receptor and ripoptosome signaling pathways. Several tumor cells maintain relatively high ...cFLIP, a master anti-apoptotic regulator, targets the FADD-induced DED complexes of procaspase-8 in death receptor and ripoptosome signaling pathways. Several tumor cells maintain relatively high levels of cFLIP in achieving their immortality. However, understanding the three-dimensional regulatory mechanism initiated or mediated by elevated levels of cFLIP has been limited by the absence of the atomic coordinates for cFLIP-induced DED complexes. Here we report the crystal plus cryo-EM structures to uncover an unconventional mechanism where cFLIP and procaspase-8 autonomously form a binary tandem DED complex, independent of FADD. This complex gains the ability to recruit FADD, thereby allosterically modulating cFLIP assembly and partially activating caspase-8 for RIPK1 cleavage. Our structure-guided mutagenesis experiments provide critical insights into these regulatory mechanisms, elucidating the resistance to apoptosis and necroptosis in achieving immortality. Finally, this research offers a unified model for the intricate bidirectional hierarchy-based processes using multiprotein helical assembly to govern cell fate decisions. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:39419969 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 2.09 - 3.97 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-39424, PDB-8yni: EMDB-39425, PDB-8ynk: EMDB-39426, PDB-8ynl: EMDB-39427, PDB-8ynm: EMDB-39428, PDB-8ynn: PDB-8ym4: PDB-8ym5: PDB-8ym6: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-SE: ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | APOPTOSIS / FADD / Caspase-8 / cFLIP / death effector domain / cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein |